US746199A - Knockdown crate. - Google Patents

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No. 74 .199. PATENTED DEO.8,1903.

J. E. SYMBS & B. K. BOYD.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES E. SYMES AND BERTRON K. BOYD, OF BANOROFT, MICHIGAN.

KNOCKDOWN'CBATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,199, dated Decemberfi, 1903.

Application filed August 23, 1902. Serial No. 120.776. (No model.) 7

Our invention has for its object certain new and useful improvements in knockdown crates; and it consists of the construction, combination, and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

which Figure 1 is a view in perspective. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the bottom in perspective. Fig. 3 is a detail view in perspective showing one of the sides. I one of the ends. Fig. 5 is a plan view of one of the corners. Figs.-6, 7, 8, and 9 aresimilar views to Fig. 5, showing modifications of construction. Fig. illustratesin detail another modification.

The aim of ourinvention is to form a knockdown crate of simple and economical construction. We carry out our invention as follows:

In the drawings, a represents the sides of the crate, b the ends, and cthe bottom thereof. The sides are preferably formed of slate d and vertical corner-posts e. The ends may be formed in a similar manner of slats f with corner-posts g. The bottom may be formed of bottom slats h and transverse endslats 2'.

One of the chief features of our invention is to provide a crate with sliding corner-posts, or, in other words, in which the corner-posts of the end portions and the corner-posts of the side portions have vertically-sliding engagem'ent the one with the other, so that the end portions, for example, may be lifted out of engagement with the side portions when it is desired to knock down the crate. To this end the corner-posts of the sides and ends are constructed the one to slide intothe other, the two sets of posts thus interlocking tohold the sides and ends together. Our invention contemplates various modifications in the con-- struction of the side and end posts to thus Fig. 4 is a detail view of' slides vertically the'one into the other, the va-' .rious modifications all embodying the same general principle of construction. Thus in Fig. 5 one of the portions of the frameas a side portion, for example-is provided with a corner-post having an undercut groovefj, while the adjacent portion, as the adjacent end portion, is provided with a post beveled at one edge, as at k, to form a dovetailed engagement in the groove j.

As shown in Fig. 6, the post 6 of the side portion is formed with an undercut groove j, as in Fig. 5, while the post 9 of the adjacent end portion is similarly constructed, the two posts e and g interlocking and having a' vertically-sliding engagement the one with the other. -It will be evident that the two corner-posts in Frg. 6 are similarly constructed, but are reversed in their engagement with their adjacent parts. 7 As shown in Fig. 7, the post 9 is provided withatongue Z, entering a groove m in the post e,-the post 2 being also formed with a tongue 12, entering a groovep in the post g.

In Fig. 8 the two posts are of like construction, both being formed like the post e,

(shown in Fig. 7,) but being engaged with their adjacent portions in eversed positions.

In Fig. 9 the cornerposts e and 9 instead of being engaged upon the inside of the sides and ends of the crate, as shown .in previous figures, are arranged upon the outside thereof.

It will be perceived that the separable bottom comprises a base having transverse end slats rising thereabove, the'sides of the bottom between said end slats being normally open. It will be seen that by forming the bottom with the transverse end slats 1' they serve at the same time for the lower slats of the adjacent end portions, permitting the omission of a c rresponding slaton the adjacent end portihn. side portions preferably have a tongue-andgroove connection, as shown at q, Fig. 1; but this form of connection maybe omitted, however, as indicated in Fig. 10. 'f

' Any suitable fastening device may be employed to fasten the bottom with the side or end portions. Where the sides and end slats ot' the bottom have a tongue-and-groove connection, the tongue and grooves may be so ar- Thelower slats on the ranged as to interlock the bottom and sides. We have shown the bottom provided with latches 0*, having a pivotal connection therewith to clasp over one of the slats of the adjacent end portion.

In case the tongne-and-groove connection of the sides and bottom is dispensed with they may readily be held together by a nail or pin 3.

What we claim as our invention is- 1. A knockdown crate having in combination side and end walls each provided at its extremities with corner-posts, the adjacent corner-posts of the side and end walls having a vertically-sliding engagement the one with the other, a separable bottom having a base and transverse end slats rising above the base, the sides of said bottom between said end slats being normally open, and means to lock the parts together when set up, the transverse end slats of the bottom located outside the corner-posts and forming a part of the end Walls when the crate is set up, the side walls extending downward to said base between said end slats.

2. A knockdown crate having in combination side and end walls formed'with vertical corner-posts, the adjacent side and end corner-posts having a vertically-sliding engagement the one with the other, a separable bot tom having a base and transverse end slats rising above the base, the sides of said bottorn between said end slats being normally open, the extremities of said end slats of the bottom located outside said posts and having a tongue-and-groove connection with the adjacent side walls, the transverse end slats of the bottom forming a part of the end walls when the crate is set up, the side walls extending downward between said end slats.

3. A knockdown crate having in combina tion side and end walls each provided at its extremities with vertical corner-posts, the adjacent corner-posts of the side and end walls having a sliding engagement the one with the other, a separable bottom having a base and transverse end slats rising above the base, the sides of said bottom between said end slats being normally open, the transverse end slats of the bottom located outside the corner-posts and forming a part of the end walls when the crate is set up, the side Walls extending downward between said end slats, the extremities of the transverse end slats having a rabbeted engagement with the adjacent portions of the corresponding side walls.

4. A knockdown crate having in combination side and end walls each provided at its extremities with vertical posts, the adjacent corner-posts of the side and end walls having a verticallysliding engagement the one with the other, a separable bottom having a base and transverse end slats rising above the base, the sides of said bottom between said end slats being normally open, and means to lock the parts together when set up, the said transverse end slats extending above the lower ends of the corner-posts and forming a part of the end walls when the crate is set up, the side walls extending downward between said end slats.

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES E. SYMES. BERTRON K. BOYD.

Witnesses:

CHAS. E. WARD, ROGER SHERMAN.

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